Failure to detect tuberculosis in Black lechwe antelopes (Kobus leche smithemani) in Zambia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Munyeme, Musso ^a   Muma, John B ^a   Munang'Andu, Hetron M ^b   Nalubamba, King S ^a   Kankya, Clovice ^b   Skjerve, Eystein ^b   Godfroid, Jacques ^b   Tryland, Morten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; KOBUS LECHE; KOBUS LECHE SMITHEMANI;

EID: 79959814533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-233     Document Type: Article

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